Sakhir Orange M5 Morning Pics

hinckley · 04-28-2013, 08:26 AM

I thought I'd post a few pics from a beautiful spring morning around Boston after my "week o'mods".

I generally like a stock look with subtle mods that only an enthusiast's eye would notice. Over the last few days, I installed H&R springs, body color side grilles and a body color RKP front splitter. Inside is Rogue's short-throw kit and IND's tri-color boot. For protection, I went with the Escort 9500ix + Escort Live and Laser Interceptor systems (all nicely integrated into the front grilles, rear lid and interior console). Upgraded audio and maybe exhaust are next . . .

A few call outs: We all use Nate and Ilia's names so often that we take them for granted. But IND is almost the only name an M5 modder needs to know. Great, great guys. Also, I'm incredibly lucky to have Turner Motorsport in my backyard. Not only is their work superb, but you get to drool at a parking lot full of cool BMW street and race cars while you wait (and I got to play in one of their heavily modded M5s and a 1 Series ActiveE). Those of us in the Boston area know that some of the most anal audio and detector installers are at Sound in Motion. It takes a lot to "out-anal" me and, well . . . Finally, I've had the misfortune to befriend fellow M5Post member jmh. He's helping me with coding. A word of warning - DO NOT meet this man unless you have a secret bank account that your wife does not know about. I think each time I'll see jmh's M5, I'll spend another thousand dollars on something that I had no idea that I just had to have. Sick.

uhn2000 · 04-28-2013, 08:32 AM

Fantastic pics and good to see you got the shifter installed. Anything I need to worry about on my side?

Bokke · 04-28-2013, 08:41 AM

Very nice!

hinckley · 04-28-2013, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by uhn2000

Fantastic pics and good to see you got the shifter installed. Anything I need to worry about on my side?

I pm'd you.

RPiM5 · 04-28-2013, 09:11 AM

Cool! I think the body color matched RPK Splitter really does the trick. Looks factory to me. Very nice. I also personally appreciate you keeping the stock wheels in the brushed finished instead of murdering them out. Have you thought about doing the front grills in body color matched paint also. The side grills in the body color look fantastic as well. Enjoy in good health brotha.

stealth.pilot · 04-28-2013, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by RPiM5

Cool! I think the body color matched RPK Splitter really does the trick. Looks factory to me. Very nice. I also personally appreciate you keeping the stock wheels in the brushed finished instead of murdering them out. Have you thought about doing the front grills in body color matched paint also. The side grills in the body color look fantastic as well. Enjoy in good health brotha.

I think his car looks perfect as is. The body color side grilles work, but I'd leave the signature BMW kidneys alone.

Fantastic car here. Painted splitter looks superb.

jmh · 04-28-2013, 01:22 PM

Great looking car !
The front splitter in body color makes me rethink to maybe have mine painted too

(but matching brilliant white is a whole other issue)
Turner are great guys and I always enjoy visiting them.
Well hopefully Sound in Motion/Derek will complete surgery on mine by the end of next week
so I actually get to drive it

, it's been there for 3 weeks.
You better not stop by and see what they do so you get "inspired"

Happy to help with coding and now that I'm back in the country we can pick it up again

EdM5 · 04-28-2013, 02:15 PM

Wow amazing color.

///Michael · 04-28-2013, 03:13 PM

Love that orange. Wish I had the balls to get it on my own car.

hinckley · 04-28-2013, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jmh

Great looking car !
The front splitter in body color makes me rethink to maybe have mine painted too

(but matching brilliant white is a whole other issue)
Turner are great guys and I always enjoy visiting them.
Well hopefully Sound in Motion/Derek will complete surgery on mine by the end of next week
so I actually get to drive it

, it's been there for 3 weeks.
You better not stop by and see what they do so you get "inspired"

Happy to help with coding and now that I'm back in the country we can pick it up again

I've seen your baby at Sound in Motion. Derek is putting together a quote for my upgraded audio. Coincidence?? As I said, I will regret the day I met you!

Let me know when you're nearby and we can get together. I'll be back at Turner next Friday morning fwiw.

nugent · 04-28-2013, 08:55 PM

comm ave and the public garden! I'm feeling nostalgic.

bm5bullit · 04-28-2013, 09:11 PM

Great pix and a great color.

wisesoul · 04-28-2013, 09:48 PM

Looks great Hinckley! Share your thoughts on the shifter! Loving the shift boot and lip as well

hinckley · 04-29-2013, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by wisesoul

Looks great Hinckley! Share your thoughts on the shifter! Loving the shift boot and lip as well

I've held off talking about the short throw shift kit because we've had some small problems. I think mine was the first install. The ssk went in without a problem and all gears are fine except for reverse. Reverse isn't engaging fully and is prone to pop out if too much torque is applied. Of course, IND and Rogue were all over it immediately and sent a re-machined part within a day. I'll get the new part installed at the end of this week.

The forward gears are perfect and this may end up being the best SSK I've ever installed. Shifts are "click-click" quick and precise. And they've done it without the normal reduction in shifter height leaving your hand place where BMW intended.

JOHNBMWM5 · 04-29-2013, 05:02 AM

Nice colour. loose the Blue callipers they just don't go with the Red.

Ahmed · 04-30-2013, 03:04 AM

You scared me there for a moment! I can assure you Sakhir DOES NOT look like that!

positiveions · 04-30-2013, 07:45 AM

Looks good

akh23456 · 04-30-2013, 07:55 AM

car looks greats love this color.

Rich65 · 04-30-2013, 08:09 AM

Love the car... Looks awesome and the mods subtle. I read the comment about the caliper color and blue not matching. I've also thought about what color besides the BMW blue would look right though I guess it really depends on the color of your car. We've seen orange, yellow, red and I believe something resembling gold. The wheels make a difference as well. The more open the spokes the more the colored caliper you see. And I loved the comment about a secret bank account. I've always found however its better to ask forgiveness than permission!

Nate@IND · 04-30-2013, 05:54 PM

Love the color matched RKP lip! Thanks again

Fixinbones · 05-02-2013, 08:07 PM

Nice laser inteceptor install!!! The most important mod by far!!!

ep224 · 01-04-2014, 11:37 AM

can you post a pic of where you mounted the power switch for the LI. did you mount an LED for visual alert for the LI?

are those grill mounted vertical LI sensors too recessed? how did they test out? love the car...

04-28-2013, 08:26 AM	#1
hinckley Brigadier General 3493 Rep 3,213 Posts Drives: '24 M4C Conv Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Florida iTrader: (1)	Sakhir Orange M5 Morning Pics I thought I'd post a few pics from a beautiful spring morning around Boston after my "week o'mods". I generally like a stock look with subtle mods that only an enthusiast's eye would notice. Over the last few days, I installed H&R springs, body color side grilles and a body color RKP front splitter. Inside is Rogue's short-throw kit and IND's tri-color boot. For protection, I went with the Escort 9500ix + Escort Live and Laser Interceptor systems (all nicely integrated into the front grilles, rear lid and interior console). Upgraded audio and maybe exhaust are next . . . A few call outs: We all use Nate and Ilia's names so often that we take them for granted. But IND is almost the only name an M5 modder needs to know. Great, great guys. Also, I'm incredibly lucky to have Turner Motorsport in my backyard. Not only is their work superb, but you get to drool at a parking lot full of cool BMW street and race cars while you wait (and I got to play in one of their heavily modded M5s and a 1 Series ActiveE). Those of us in the Boston area know that some of the most anal audio and detector installers are at Sound in Motion. It takes a lot to "out-anal" me and, well . . . Finally, I've had the misfortune to befriend fellow M5Post member jmh. He's helping me with coding. A word of warning - DO NOT meet this man unless you have a secret bank account that your wife does not know about. I think each time I'll see jmh's M5, I'll spend another thousand dollars on something that I had no idea that I just had to have. Sick. Attached Images __________________ CURRENT: '24 M4C Conv RETIRED : '23 M8C Conv \| '20 X4 M40i \| '18 M4 6MT \| '13 M5 6MT \| '08 550i 6MT \| '04 545i 6MT \| '98 540i 6MT \| '94 530i 5MT \| '84 528e 5MT Other retirees from Chevrolet, Buick, Subaru, Honda, Acura, Merkur(!), Volvo, Saab, Audi and Porsche
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RPiM5 Major General 2873 Rep 7,885 Posts Drives: Black M5 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Earth 616 iTrader: (0)	Cool! I think the body color matched RPK Splitter really does the trick. Looks factory to me. Very nice. I also personally appreciate you keeping the stock wheels in the brushed finished instead of murdering them out. Have you thought about doing the front grills in body color matched paint also. The side grills in the body color look fantastic as well. Enjoy in good health brotha. __________________
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jmh Internet Crash Test Dummy 332 Rep 1,055 Posts Drives: F97 X3MC / F80 M3 / F90 M5 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Under a rock in NH and BOS iTrader: (5)	Great looking car ! The front splitter in body color makes me rethink to maybe have mine painted too (but matching brilliant white is a whole other issue) Turner are great guys and I always enjoy visiting them. Well hopefully Sound in Motion/Derek will complete surgery on mine by the end of next week so I actually get to drive it , it's been there for 3 weeks. You better not stop by and see what they do so you get "inspired" Happy to help with coding and now that I'm back in the country we can pick it up again __________________ 21 F97 X3MC Toronto Red/Black and more \| 18 F80 M3 Tanzanite Blue/Amaro/CCB and more 15 F10 M5 Individual / Brilliant White / Extended/Full Cohiba Brown (Exec/Driver/B&O/20") / A few Euro add-ons / Stealth K40 / Upgraded B&O / ///M Performance Carbon Interior Trim / IND / Akrapovic Evolution Exhaust / HRE S107
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Rich65 Private 0 Rep 55 Posts Drives: 2013 Singapore Grey M5 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Phoenix, Arizona iTrader: (0)	Love the car... Looks awesome and the mods subtle. I read the comment about the caliper color and blue not matching. I've also thought about what color besides the BMW blue would look right though I guess it really depends on the color of your car. We've seen orange, yellow, red and I believe something resembling gold. The wheels make a difference as well. The more open the spokes the more the colored caliper you see. And I loved the comment about a secret bank account. I've always found however its better to ask forgiveness than permission!
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ep224 Second Lieutenant 17 Rep 215 Posts Drives: 2013 M5 AWoSO Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: NoVa iTrader: (1)	can you post a pic of where you mounted the power switch for the LI. did you mount an LED for visual alert for the LI? are those grill mounted vertical LI sensors too recessed? how did they test out? love the car...
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